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You and your grandchild
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Your child’s hearing
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Hearing loss
Overview
How do we hear?
Signs of hearing in babies
How audiologists test hearing
Audiograms
Describing hearing loss
Describing the severity of a hearing loss
Causes of hearing loss
Overview
Causes of hearing loss – in brief
Medical assessments for children with a permanent hearing loss
What can genetics referral offer my family?
How genetic counselling works in practice
Understanding genetic inheritance
The genetics of hearing loss
Syndromal causes of deafness
Genetic testing in pregnancy
Genetics counselling services
Genetics of deafness – a glossary
Temporary causes of hearing loss
Glue ear: A guide for parents
Ear wax management
Acquired hearing loss
Conditions associated with hearing loss
Hearing aids
Overview
What do hearing aids do?
The process of getting the right hearing instruments
How do audiologists select hearing aids?
Assessing a child’s aided hearing
Can hearing aids damage hearing?
Using hearing aids with babies aged 0 – 6 months
Using hearing aids with babies over 6 months
Handling your baby’s hearing aids – a checklist
Looking after hearing aids
Hearing aid care
Batteries
Handy hints about ear moulds
Hearing aid troubleshooting
Getting used to hearing aids
Enhancing communication with hearing impaired children
Cochlear implants
Overview
A brief overview of cochlear implants
Who uses a cochlear implant?
What is a cochlear implant?
Assessment for a cochlear implant
Surgery for a cochlear implant
Follow up and habilitation
Communication and habilitation – cochlear implants
Safety information for cochlear implants
Families’ stories
Other implantable devices
Assistive listening devices
Overview
Remote microphone technology
All about FM
Audio frequency induction loops
Loop systems at home
TV and captions for deaf children
Soundfield systems
Other communication devices
Adolescents and young adults with hearing loss
Overview
A challenging age to have a hearing loss
Hearing services for young adults
Lost eligibility
Purchasing a hearing aid
Staying in touch on the phone
Mild hearing loss
Overview
Babies with a possible mild hearing loss
Your baby has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Your child has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Management of children with a permanent unaided hearing loss
Unilateral hearing loss
Overview
Sound Waves
Sound Waves – Understanding UHL
Sound Waves – Early days
Sound Waves – Speech & Language
Sound Waves – Management of UHL
Sound Waves – Living with UHL
Your baby has a unilateral hearing loss – What’s the next step?
A child with microtia and atresia
Deaf children with additional needs
Overview
Additional needs – Introduction
Finding out your deaf child has additional needs
Communication for children with additional needs
Hearing aids and cochlear implants for deaf children with additional needs
Parenting tips for deaf children with additional needs
Information and resources for some additional needs
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
Overview
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder – ANSD
Oliver’s Story
A letter to professionals
Language and communication
Overview
Getting started
Overview
Making choices about communication
Decisions…Decisions
A quick guide to communication
Language and learning
Overview
Building conversations
Building concepts
Positive parenting
Learning from my family
Learning through play
Learning with a hearing loss
Building a loving, learning and language rich environment through play and positive daily interaction
Brothers and sisters and communication
Toys
Activities for home
Milestones of speech and language
Overview
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 0 – 12 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 12 – 18 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 18 – 24 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 24 – 30 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 30 – 36 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 3 – 4 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 4 – 5 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 5 – 6 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 6+ years
Australian Sign Language
Overview
Where did sign languages come from?
How do children learn sign languages?
Sign language variation
Fingerspelling
Early exposure to sign language: An advantage to parents and children
How and where can I learn Auslan?
Auslan Resources
Spoken language
Overview
Good modelling for speech and language
Play and games and the development of speech and language
Deaf and migrant
Literacy
Overview
Book sharing with your child
Reading to deaf children: Learning from Deaf adults
Books for families to enjoy
Reading to deaf children – A look at the research
Early Intervention
Overview
Getting started with early intervention
Questions for Early Intervention providers
Finding an early intervention service
Overview
Early intervention services – ACT
Early intervention services – NSW
Early intervention services – NT
Early intervention services – QLD
Early intervention services – SA
Early intervention services – TAS
Early intervention services – VIC
Early intervention services – WA
Education
Overview
Transition to school
Starting school
Overview
Choosing a school for your child
Starting school checklist
What is inclusive education?
Preparing your child for school
Preparing your child for lessons
Support at school
Overview
Your child’s learning support team
Evaluating your child’s support needs
Your child’s individual learning plan
Parents and school
Overview
Supporting your child’s learning
Working with professionals
Rights of the parent and child at school
Find a primary school
Overview
Find a school – ACT
Find a school – NSW
Find a school – NT
Find a school – QLD
Find a school – SA
Find a school – TAS
Find a school – VIC
Find a school – WA
Your child at secondary school
Overview
Starting secondary school
Preparing for the move to secondary school
Understanding and supporting teen students with hearing loss
Transition Planning – School Leavers
Information for your child’s teacher
Overview
Classroom tips
How listener friendly is your classroom?
Listening fatigue at school
eBook for teachers
Further reading for teachers
Behaviour and mental health
Overview
Growing up with a hearing loss
Socialising with a hearing loss
Theory of Mind and children with hearing loss
Behaviour and mental health – Babies
Behaviour and mental health – Preschoolers
Promoting a sense of wellbeing in young children
Behaviour and mental health – primary years
Behaviour and mental health – teens
Maximising potential – Life skills
Overview
Potential maximisation: Attributes of control
Potential maximisation: Attributes of desire
Potential maximisation: Attributes of goal orientation
Potential maximisation: Attributes of reframing
Potential maximisation: Tactics of persistence
Potential maximisation: Tactics of goodness of fit
Potential maximisation: Tactics of learned creativity
Potential maximisation: Social ecologies
Music
Sport
Overview
Tips for coaches
Sport modifications
The Deaflympic Games
Beyond school
Overview
Vocational education and training
Transition from school to TAFE
Employment
Financial assistance
I love my job – career stories
Overview
Academic and writer
Audiologist
Doctor
Electrical engineer
Landscape gardener
Online content and social media manager
Solicitor
Sports administrator
Teacher of the deaf
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A quick guide to communication
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After diagnosis
Overview
Building blocks
From us to you
Your support team
Communicating with your baby
About Hearing Australia
Your paediatric appointment program
Negotiating the health system
Hospital admissions – Public vs Private
Specialists
Questions to ask your child’s surgeon
Building Blocks: Grandparents
You and your grandchild
Useful links
Your child’s hearing
Overview
Hearing loss
Overview
How do we hear?
Signs of hearing in babies
How audiologists test hearing
Audiograms
Describing hearing loss
Describing the severity of a hearing loss
Causes of hearing loss
Overview
Causes of hearing loss – in brief
Medical assessments for children with a permanent hearing loss
What can genetics referral offer my family?
How genetic counselling works in practice
Understanding genetic inheritance
The genetics of hearing loss
Syndromal causes of deafness
Genetic testing in pregnancy
Genetics counselling services
Genetics of deafness – a glossary
Temporary causes of hearing loss
Glue ear: A guide for parents
Ear wax management
Acquired hearing loss
Conditions associated with hearing loss
Hearing aids
Overview
What do hearing aids do?
The process of getting the right hearing instruments
How do audiologists select hearing aids?
Assessing a child’s aided hearing
Can hearing aids damage hearing?
Using hearing aids with babies aged 0 – 6 months
Using hearing aids with babies over 6 months
Handling your baby’s hearing aids – a checklist
Looking after hearing aids
Hearing aid care
Batteries
Handy hints about ear moulds
Hearing aid troubleshooting
Getting used to hearing aids
Enhancing communication with hearing impaired children
Cochlear implants
Overview
A brief overview of cochlear implants
Who uses a cochlear implant?
What is a cochlear implant?
Assessment for a cochlear implant
Surgery for a cochlear implant
Follow up and habilitation
Communication and habilitation – cochlear implants
Safety information for cochlear implants
Families’ stories
Other implantable devices
Assistive listening devices
Overview
Remote microphone technology
All about FM
Audio frequency induction loops
Loop systems at home
TV and captions for deaf children
Soundfield systems
Other communication devices
Adolescents and young adults with hearing loss
Overview
A challenging age to have a hearing loss
Hearing services for young adults
Lost eligibility
Purchasing a hearing aid
Staying in touch on the phone
Mild hearing loss
Overview
Babies with a possible mild hearing loss
Your baby has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Your child has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Management of children with a permanent unaided hearing loss
Unilateral hearing loss
Overview
Sound Waves
Sound Waves – Understanding UHL
Sound Waves – Early days
Sound Waves – Speech & Language
Sound Waves – Management of UHL
Sound Waves – Living with UHL
Your baby has a unilateral hearing loss – What’s the next step?
A child with microtia and atresia
Deaf children with additional needs
Overview
Additional needs – Introduction
Finding out your deaf child has additional needs
Communication for children with additional needs
Hearing aids and cochlear implants for deaf children with additional needs
Parenting tips for deaf children with additional needs
Information and resources for some additional needs
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
Overview
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder – ANSD
Oliver’s Story
A letter to professionals
Language and communication
Overview
Getting started
Overview
Making choices about communication
Decisions…Decisions
A quick guide to communication
Language and learning
Overview
Building conversations
Building concepts
Positive parenting
Learning from my family
Learning through play
Learning with a hearing loss
Building a loving, learning and language rich environment through play and positive daily interaction
Brothers and sisters and communication
Toys
Activities for home
Milestones of speech and language
Overview
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 0 – 12 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 12 – 18 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 18 – 24 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 24 – 30 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 30 – 36 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 3 – 4 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 4 – 5 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 5 – 6 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 6+ years
Australian Sign Language
Overview
Where did sign languages come from?
How do children learn sign languages?
Sign language variation
Fingerspelling
Early exposure to sign language: An advantage to parents and children
How and where can I learn Auslan?
Auslan Resources
Spoken language
Overview
Good modelling for speech and language
Play and games and the development of speech and language
Deaf and migrant
Literacy
Overview
Book sharing with your child
Reading to deaf children: Learning from Deaf adults
Books for families to enjoy
Reading to deaf children – A look at the research
Early Intervention
Overview
Getting started with early intervention
Questions for Early Intervention providers
Finding an early intervention service
Overview
Early intervention services – ACT
Early intervention services – NSW
Early intervention services – NT
Early intervention services – QLD
Early intervention services – SA
Early intervention services – TAS
Early intervention services – VIC
Early intervention services – WA
Education
Overview
Transition to school
Starting school
Overview
Choosing a school for your child
Starting school checklist
What is inclusive education?
Preparing your child for school
Preparing your child for lessons
Support at school
Overview
Your child’s learning support team
Evaluating your child’s support needs
Your child’s individual learning plan
Parents and school
Overview
Supporting your child’s learning
Working with professionals
Rights of the parent and child at school
Find a primary school
Overview
Find a school – ACT
Find a school – NSW
Find a school – NT
Find a school – QLD
Find a school – SA
Find a school – TAS
Find a school – VIC
Find a school – WA
Your child at secondary school
Overview
Starting secondary school
Preparing for the move to secondary school
Understanding and supporting teen students with hearing loss
Transition Planning – School Leavers
Information for your child’s teacher
Overview
Classroom tips
How listener friendly is your classroom?
Listening fatigue at school
eBook for teachers
Further reading for teachers
Behaviour and mental health
Overview
Growing up with a hearing loss
Socialising with a hearing loss
Theory of Mind and children with hearing loss
Behaviour and mental health – Babies
Behaviour and mental health – Preschoolers
Promoting a sense of wellbeing in young children
Behaviour and mental health – primary years
Behaviour and mental health – teens
Maximising potential – Life skills
Overview
Potential maximisation: Attributes of control
Potential maximisation: Attributes of desire
Potential maximisation: Attributes of goal orientation
Potential maximisation: Attributes of reframing
Potential maximisation: Tactics of persistence
Potential maximisation: Tactics of goodness of fit
Potential maximisation: Tactics of learned creativity
Potential maximisation: Social ecologies
Music
Sport
Overview
Tips for coaches
Sport modifications
The Deaflympic Games
Beyond school
Overview
Vocational education and training
Transition from school to TAFE
Employment
Financial assistance
I love my job – career stories
Overview
Academic and writer
Audiologist
Doctor
Electrical engineer
Landscape gardener
Online content and social media manager
Solicitor
Sports administrator
Teacher of the deaf
Teacher
After diagnosis
Overview
Building blocks
From us to you
Your support team
Communicating with your baby
About Hearing Australia
Your paediatric appointment program
Negotiating the health system
Hospital admissions – Public vs Private
Specialists
Questions to ask your child’s surgeon
Building Blocks: Grandparents
You and your grandchild
Useful links
Your child’s hearing
Overview
Hearing loss
Overview
How do we hear?
Signs of hearing in babies
How audiologists test hearing
Audiograms
Describing hearing loss
Describing the severity of a hearing loss
Causes of hearing loss
Overview
Causes of hearing loss – in brief
Medical assessments for children with a permanent hearing loss
What can genetics referral offer my family?
How genetic counselling works in practice
Understanding genetic inheritance
The genetics of hearing loss
Syndromal causes of deafness
Genetic testing in pregnancy
Genetics counselling services
Genetics of deafness – a glossary
Temporary causes of hearing loss
Glue ear: A guide for parents
Ear wax management
Acquired hearing loss
Conditions associated with hearing loss
Hearing aids
Overview
What do hearing aids do?
The process of getting the right hearing instruments
How do audiologists select hearing aids?
Assessing a child’s aided hearing
Can hearing aids damage hearing?
Using hearing aids with babies aged 0 – 6 months
Using hearing aids with babies over 6 months
Handling your baby’s hearing aids – a checklist
Looking after hearing aids
Hearing aid care
Batteries
Handy hints about ear moulds
Hearing aid troubleshooting
Getting used to hearing aids
Enhancing communication with hearing impaired children
Cochlear implants
Overview
A brief overview of cochlear implants
Who uses a cochlear implant?
What is a cochlear implant?
Assessment for a cochlear implant
Surgery for a cochlear implant
Follow up and habilitation
Communication and habilitation – cochlear implants
Safety information for cochlear implants
Families’ stories
Other implantable devices
Assistive listening devices
Overview
Remote microphone technology
All about FM
Audio frequency induction loops
Loop systems at home
TV and captions for deaf children
Soundfield systems
Other communication devices
Adolescents and young adults with hearing loss
Overview
A challenging age to have a hearing loss
Hearing services for young adults
Lost eligibility
Purchasing a hearing aid
Staying in touch on the phone
Mild hearing loss
Overview
Babies with a possible mild hearing loss
Your baby has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Your child has a mild hearing loss – what’s the next step?
Management of children with a permanent unaided hearing loss
Unilateral hearing loss
Overview
Sound Waves
Sound Waves – Understanding UHL
Sound Waves – Early days
Sound Waves – Speech & Language
Sound Waves – Management of UHL
Sound Waves – Living with UHL
Your baby has a unilateral hearing loss – What’s the next step?
A child with microtia and atresia
Deaf children with additional needs
Overview
Additional needs – Introduction
Finding out your deaf child has additional needs
Communication for children with additional needs
Hearing aids and cochlear implants for deaf children with additional needs
Parenting tips for deaf children with additional needs
Information and resources for some additional needs
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
Overview
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder – ANSD
Oliver’s Story
A letter to professionals
Language and communication
Overview
Getting started
Overview
Making choices about communication
Decisions…Decisions
A quick guide to communication
Language and learning
Overview
Building conversations
Building concepts
Positive parenting
Learning from my family
Learning through play
Learning with a hearing loss
Building a loving, learning and language rich environment through play and positive daily interaction
Brothers and sisters and communication
Toys
Activities for home
Milestones of speech and language
Overview
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 0 – 12 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 12 – 18 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 18 – 24 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 24 – 30 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 30 – 36 months
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 3 – 4 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 4 – 5 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 5 – 6 years
Milestones of speech, language and communication development: 6+ years
Australian Sign Language
Overview
Where did sign languages come from?
How do children learn sign languages?
Sign language variation
Fingerspelling
Early exposure to sign language: An advantage to parents and children
How and where can I learn Auslan?
Auslan Resources
Spoken language
Overview
Good modelling for speech and language
Play and games and the development of speech and language
Deaf and migrant
Literacy
Overview
Book sharing with your child
Reading to deaf children: Learning from Deaf adults
Books for families to enjoy
Reading to deaf children – A look at the research
Early Intervention
Overview
Getting started with early intervention
Questions for Early Intervention providers
Finding an early intervention service
Overview
Early intervention services – ACT
Early intervention services – NSW
Early intervention services – NT
Early intervention services – QLD
Early intervention services – SA
Early intervention services – TAS
Early intervention services – VIC
Early intervention services – WA
Education
Overview
Transition to school
Starting school
Overview
Choosing a school for your child
Starting school checklist
What is inclusive education?
Preparing your child for school
Preparing your child for lessons
Support at school
Overview
Your child’s learning support team
Evaluating your child’s support needs
Your child’s individual learning plan
Parents and school
Overview
Supporting your child’s learning
Working with professionals
Rights of the parent and child at school
Find a primary school
Overview
Find a school – ACT
Find a school – NSW
Find a school – NT
Find a school – QLD
Find a school – SA
Find a school – TAS
Find a school – VIC
Find a school – WA
Your child at secondary school
Overview
Starting secondary school
Preparing for the move to secondary school
Understanding and supporting teen students with hearing loss
Transition Planning – School Leavers
Information for your child’s teacher
Overview
Classroom tips
How listener friendly is your classroom?
Listening fatigue at school
eBook for teachers
Further reading for teachers
Behaviour and mental health
Overview
Growing up with a hearing loss
Socialising with a hearing loss
Theory of Mind and children with hearing loss
Behaviour and mental health – Babies
Behaviour and mental health – Preschoolers
Promoting a sense of wellbeing in young children
Behaviour and mental health – primary years
Behaviour and mental health – teens
Maximising potential – Life skills
Overview
Potential maximisation: Attributes of control
Potential maximisation: Attributes of desire
Potential maximisation: Attributes of goal orientation
Potential maximisation: Attributes of reframing
Potential maximisation: Tactics of persistence
Potential maximisation: Tactics of goodness of fit
Potential maximisation: Tactics of learned creativity
Potential maximisation: Social ecologies
Music
Sport
Overview
Tips for coaches
Sport modifications
The Deaflympic Games
Beyond school
Overview
Vocational education and training
Transition from school to TAFE
Employment
Financial assistance
I love my job – career stories
Overview
Academic and writer
Audiologist
Doctor
Electrical engineer
Landscape gardener
Online content and social media manager
Solicitor
Sports administrator
Teacher of the deaf
Teacher
Parents
Real Life Tips
Overview
Communication – Real Life Tips
Education – Real Life Tips
Entertainment – Real Life Tips
Family – Real Life Tips
Financial – Real Life Tips
Hearing devices – Real Life Tips
Knowledge and skills – Real Life Tips
Medical – Real Life Tips
Music – Real Life Tips
Safety – Real Life Tips
Sports and activities – Real Life Tips
Wellbeing – Real Life Tips
ADK online group
Overview
Terms and Conditions for Online Group Users
Child safety and wellbeing
Overview
Child safeguarding
Sharing photos and information online
Making good decisions
Overview
Making informed choices
Finding accurate and reliable information
Finding the latest research
Keeping records
Fathers
Overview
You and your deaf child – a guide for fathers
Siblings
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Overview
NDIS Resources
Services and support
Overview
Parent support groups
Parent mentoring programs
Useful links
Participate in research
Overview
Information for researchers
Research participation – D/deaf children with complex communication needs
Standards and guidelines
Advocacy
Overview
Advocating for your child
Self-advocacy skills for your child
Financial matters
Overview
General financial assistance for families
Financial assistance for families with a child with disability
Assisted travel schemes
Perspectives of deafness
Overview
Terminology for deafness
Australian Deaf Community
Deaf culture
Re-imagining stories: What if Estella or Jane Eyre had been deaf?
Family stories
Deafness and the law
Real Life Tips
Overview
Communication – Real Life Tips
Education – Real Life Tips
Entertainment – Real Life Tips
Family – Real Life Tips
Financial – Real Life Tips
Hearing devices – Real Life Tips
Knowledge and skills – Real Life Tips
Medical – Real Life Tips
Music – Real Life Tips
Safety – Real Life Tips
Sports and activities – Real Life Tips
Wellbeing – Real Life Tips
ADK online group
Overview
Terms and Conditions for Online Group Users
Child safety and wellbeing
Overview
Child safeguarding
Sharing photos and information online
Making good decisions
Overview
Making informed choices
Finding accurate and reliable information
Finding the latest research
Keeping records
Fathers
Overview
You and your deaf child – a guide for fathers
Siblings
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Overview
NDIS Resources
Services and support
Overview
Parent support groups
Parent mentoring programs
Useful links
Participate in research
Overview
Information for researchers
Research participation – D/deaf children with complex communication needs
Standards and guidelines
Advocacy
Overview
Advocating for your child
Self-advocacy skills for your child
Financial matters
Overview
General financial assistance for families
Financial assistance for families with a child with disability
Assisted travel schemes
Perspectives of deafness
Overview
Terminology for deafness
Australian Deaf Community
Deaf culture
Re-imagining stories: What if Estella or Jane Eyre had been deaf?
Family stories
Deafness and the law
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